This is the box of eight Christmas crackers that each pop open to reveal one of eight plastic whistles tuned to individual notes for playing along to a traditional holiday song as an ensemble. Renowned as an English Christmas tradition since their invention in 1847, each cracker makes a safe, festive “pop” when pulled apart at either end by two celebrants, revealing one of the whistles, including other traditional items such as a paper hat, joke, and trivia question. Each whistle comes with a numbered card that corresponds to a numbered, sequenced part to be “tooted” along with one of 21 Christmas carols, including favorites such as Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas, and Deck The Halls. Includes a plastic baton for directing the impromptu octet to reverent music-making or to cacophonic, delightful chaos. Boxed set 13 1/2" L x 10" W x 1 3/4" H. (12 oz.)

“I loved this addition to our Christmas Eve table. Everyone, 12-90 years old was able to participate.” - F.A., New Mexico

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We had great fun with these after Christmas meal! We've "popped" crackers after our Christmas meal for a number of years, but mixing in the orchestra crackers this year added a new level of entertainment. The whistles were sturdy and surprisingly tuned well enough that the audience actually knew what the songs were. The crowns have musical notes printed on them vs. being the usual plain colors, a nice touch lending immediate credence to orchestra members. :)

We have used party crackers for our Thanksgiving dessert table for decades and they are mostly the same...cheap little toy, joke and trivia question. We all wear the crowns during our dessert and reading the jokes. These were so much fun! We picked a conductor, all lined up and videoed the 'concert'! It was so much fun and I would definitely buy these again!

These Christmas crackers were a lot of fun to use because each one contains a unique whistle, and when played together you can create well known Christmas songs as a mini "orchestra". This set also comes with a conductors baton which made the entire experience musical & fun.